* admin/FOR-RELEASE: Mention ack.texi

diff --git a/admin/FOR-RELEASE b/admin/FOR-RELEASE
index e8a52fd23a192088ede53f82ea5a0042fb5cf491..b5bf6739a86382dc165cfae0ea18e47eaf54422c 100644 (file)
--- a/admin/FOR-RELEASE
+++ b/admin/FOR-RELEASE
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ Check for node names using problematic characters:
   find doc -name '*.texi' -exec grep '^@node[^,]*[:.()]' {} +
 Sadly makeinfo does not warn about such characters.
 
+Check for major new features added since the last release (e.g. new
+lisp files), and add the relevant authors to the Acknowledgments in
+doc/emacs/ack.texi and emacs.texi.
+
 Check cross-references between the manuals (eg from emacs to elisp)
 are correct.  You can use something like the following in the info
 directory in the Emacs build tree: